using chm help files under linux

Hi,

Chm (compiled help) is a microsoft invention. It's the default help
system under windows, but not so under linux.
I found that (at times) I like better how chm help looks.
Since there are chm viewers under linux, using chm help files should
be possible.

You don't just need a viewer, you need a help compiler.  We were 
unable to find a complete one other than from Microsoft, and the 
latter seems no longer to be under development (and has a serious 
security alert on it).  So the future of CHM help even for R under 
Windows is uncertain.

Has anybody tried to set R so it opens chm by default? I'm sure
there's some flag or Rprofile var that could get this done.

There is for R for Windows, it that is what you are asking.  And you 
can run Windows R under WINE.

Personally, I like the Mac OS X compiled help system better than the 
Windows one, but we do not provide that even on Mac OS X.  And these 
things *are* a matter of personal preference.

Thanks,

-- 
-Jose
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Jose Quesada, PhD
http://josequesada.name

Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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